I need some help please. I had an esphogus stent put in on Tuesday and yesterday I had a bad case of vomiting and since then I have been in tremendous pain. I went this morning for xrays to check the placement of the stent to make sure it did not migrate... I am really in terrible pain and need some suggestions/help.

Welcome to Healing Well! I'm so sorry to hear you're having problems and pain post-stent. Did you call your doctor's office? I agree with Alcie that it's the very first step. I wish I could provide more information, but I don't really have any experience with the topic of stents.

In any case, vomiting will introduce highly acidic fluid into your healing esophagus, which will naturally cause pain in addition to the stent pain itself.

Please stick around to share your experience, as there is no doubt that others will visit asking for similar information, and your posts will make a real difference. We're here to offer support and encouragement, even if we're not able to provide any real help.

Why did you have the stent placed for? I am very familiar with the esophagus stent when my esophagus tore during an EGD and it wouldn't stop leaking after surgery. I had some pretty bad pain for more than a week with mine and during the 2 months or so I had it I could feel it every time I swallowed. When it is let loose to open p it digs in to the tissue a lot. They showed me pics and it looked like ground meat between the mesh. I could feel it move up and down with every swallow and felt the ends a lot.

Take care,Billopnwhl4Moderator: GERD/Heartburn Nissen 6/06 and 5/09 #3 on 8/24/11